Cees Th. Smit Sibinga

Patient Blood Management: An International Perspective.

This article describes practices in patient blood management (PBM) in 4 countries on different continents that may provide insights for anesthesiologists and other physicians working in global settings. The article has its foundation in the proceedings of a session at the 2014 AABB annual meeting during which international experts from England, Uganda, China, and Brazil presented the programs and implementation strategies in PBM developed in their respective countries. To systematize the review and enhance the comparability between these countries on different continents, authors were requested to respond to the same set of 6 key questions with respect to their country’s PBM program(s). Considerable variation exists between these country regions that is driven both by differences in health contexts and by disparities in resources. Comparing PBM strategies from low-, middle-, and high-income countries, as described in this article, allows them to learn bidirectionally from one another and to work toward implementing innovative and preferably evidence-based strategies for improvement. Sharing and distributing knowledge from such programs will ultimately also improve transfusion outcomes and patient safety.

Filling a Gap in Transfusion Medicine Education and Research

After the outbreak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, attention was focused on the restructuring and reorganization of nationally supported safe and sustainable blood supply systems. Networking and human capacity building in transfusion medicine were developed through World Health Organization initiatives. Educational materials were created for the core elements of the blood transfusion chain. However, the management aspects of transfusion medicine as well as applied health science research in transfusion medicine were not addressed. In 2000, the World Health Organization initiated the creation of the Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine (IDTM). This would focus on the development of a postgraduate masters course in management of transfusion medicine (MMTM) and the development of research programs for transfusion medicine-related health sciences. The Academic Institute IDTM was created at the University of Groningen Faculty of Medical Sciences, The Netherlands. The MMTM course was thus established, and since September 2007 fourteen fellows from economically restricted countries have entered the course.

Delayed elective surgery in a major teaching hospital in Uganda

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A global survey of clinicians' awareness, accessibility, utilization of e-continuous education, and quality of clinical blood use: policy considerations

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Reducing maternal mortality: the case for availability and safety of blood supply

PDF version Commentary Yetmgeta Abdella,1 Rana Hajjeh 1 and Cees Th. Smit Sibinga2 1World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (Correspondence to: Y.E. Abdella: abdellay@who.int). 2International Quality Management (IQM) Consulting, Zuidhorn, Netherlands. Citation:Abdella Y; Hajjeh R; Smit Sibinga C. Reducing maternal mortality: the case for availability and safety of blood supply. East Mediterr Health J. 2018;24(7):696–697. https://doi.org/10.26719/2018.24.7.696 Received: 16/02/17; accepted: 30/08/17 Copyright Copyright

Blood transfusion and hepatitis: what does it take to prevent new infections?

PDF version Commentary Yetmgeta Abdella 1, Gabriele Riedner 1, Rana Hajjeh 1 and Cees Th. Smit Sibinga 2 1Department of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (Correspondence to: Yetmgeta E. Abdella: abdellay@who.int). 2International Quality Management (IQM) Consulting, Zuidhorn, Netherlands.

Book review: Rossi’s Principles of Transfusion Medicine

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